Freenode on WeeChat on CentOS 6

IRC (Internet Relay Chat) seems to be making a bit of a come back as of late, so I thought it was about time I made a more permanent presence, rather than just popping in via web clients from time to time. Here's some instructions on installing WeeChat on CentOS 6 and configuring it all for Freenode using secure SSL connections and SASL authentication.

Authenticate with Freenode using SASL

Freenode supports the use of SASL authentication so that you don't need to identify yourself after each connection. We can set this up with the following (obviously using your own Freenode nickname and password!):